If Blake Griffin delivers one of his best dunks of the season, and you hear him fouling out, does it still make a sound?

Well, yes … and no.

The sound was Griffin loudly protesting referee Steve Javie's charging call on him — which got the rookie a technical near the end of the Suns' 108-99 win against the Clippers on Sunday. Griffin grabbed the ball after the call and sprinted with it down the court, throwing his head back in disbelief, and leaned over in gut-wrenching dismay.

All that was missing was Griffin, who fouled out on the play, screaming: Why, Steve, why?

His flying one-handed dunk over the Suns' Marcin Gortat was virtually Mozgov-ian. And, for the record, Phoenix Coach Alvin Gentry thought the Griffin dunk was even better than his signature posterizing of Timofey Mozgov, who was then with the New York Knicks, earlier in the season.

"That was one hell of a dunk," said Gentry, unprompted. "I don't care if it was a charge. That might be as impressive of a dunk as I've seen in the NBA in 23 years. I think that was the best dunk he's had since he was in the league."

That information was passed along to Griffin in the Clippers' locker room and it managed to even draw a small smile from the frustrated power forward, who has fouled out of two of the last three games.